REPLY: 2:250/1@fidonet 61d5bee9
MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 61d5c869
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 On 2022 Jan 05 15:45:32, you wrote to me:

 VC> It looks like that BACKBONE.NA is no longer maintained

only because no one has done it since ben ritchey died...

 VC>  - at least by date and cannot find any examples of this file in by
 VC> BBS files database only on my internal directory for files of this
 VC> type (var/arealists).

i linked the last copy that was hatched in my previous message... it should be
in your BACKBONE FDN area if you have it... otherwise you can grab a copy fro
mmy system for a place to start if you are going to maintain the backbone.na
and related files...

 >> the periods of time in the above steps was random... this to thwart
 >> nefairious individuals from trying to game the system... this is much
 >> like the echolist having a random time before dropped echotags were
 >> actually purged from the echolist database which was to stop nefarious
 >> individuals attempting to hijack echotags as soon as they expired...
 >> that gave the real moderators/owners of the echotags a chance to
 >> update the echotag data so as to keep it under their control...

 VC> ELIST uses 6 months as a period for a valid registration then a period of
4
 VC> more months giving 4 warnings followed 1 month with a warning it will be
 VC> deleted then one more before it is removed so around 12 months in all.

right... your's does now but you've also no had anyone gaming the expiration
system to try to take over or steal an echo away from the moderator...
hopefully you won't ever have that to deal with that... adrian walker, thom
lacosta, and ben ritchey could tell you all about those shenanigans when they
faced them during their time as echolist maintainers...

 >> ok, my c0ffee cup is empty so i guess i'll stop here for now ;)

 VC> Sounds like a plan,

i was just trying to be thorough about how the backbone(s) has/have operated
these last 30 years or so ;)

)\/(ark

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majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a
shiny thing!"
... If it's any good at all they will soon discontinue it.
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